William mantey



@uitrit tntrs @sind @frn LettersPatent No. 77 ,994, dated llag/ 19, 1868.

l IMPROVEMNT IN TAPS FOR yGUT'IING SCREW-THREADS.

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Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM MANTEY, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented anew Improvement in Screw-Cutting Tap; and hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters o'fireference marked thereon, said drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure A is `aV longitudinal elevation,

Figure B a transverse section of a 6, and

Figure C a regular delineation of the three cutting-sides.

Figs. A and B are natural size; the iig. C is double the size. v

My tap is out or chased and grooved in the ordinary way, but I take, commencing on thc point, e'very other thread almost out, so that it is prevented from acting, and gives ample room for the cuttings, thereby lessening friction one-half. The last four round gangs ofthe thread I leave sharp, and give the nut to be cut a Vperfect: finish, as will be seen in fig. A. Fig. 0,*the delineation shows that the threads Nos.` 1,3, 5, 7, nre

prevented from action, having been led out, while the three-ds Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, will cut the screw with ease.

I do not claim the groove or number of grooves, nor the taper of the tap or screw, but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is. p i

In the construction of taps for tapping nuts and the likefobliterating or diminishing every alternate cuttingthread, from the point of the tap back to near the'termination of the cut pol-tion, but leaving, in a space near said terminal portiorn'all the cutting-'threads full and perfect, as herein described'and shown. i

New Orleans, January 21, 1868. v WILLIAM MANTEY.

Witnesses:

JN0. F. BRAUN, M. SAvoLIs. 

